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rule and at least one reporter is suggesting murdoch's u.k. scandal may even extend to his crown jewel of credibility in the us the wall street journal so what does all this mean for the state of media ownership in america and now that and now that a tabloid has imploded across the atlantic could that have. in vote payment here in the united states for more on this issue i'm joined by jeff cohen a journalist and founding director of the parks center for independent media as well as the founder of the media rush limbaugh group fair corey right policy council of free press and adele stan washington bureau chief at alter net dot org jeff corey thank you all for joining us tonight thank you let me start with if i may with you jeff you're right here next to me. that your take on what happened to murder over the last what has been happening is kind of a slow motion train wreck that reached a crescendo right the most powerful media executive in the world the with the first real global mogul in media i guess i think he's been hurt by having to close d
rule and at least one reporter is suggesting murdoch's u.k. scandal may even extend to his crown jewel of credibility in the us the wall street journal so what does all this mean for the state of media ownership in america and now that and now that a tabloid has imploded across the atlantic could that have. in vote payment here in the united states for more on this issue i'm joined by jeff cohen a journalist and founding director of the parks center for independent media as well as the founder...
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coming up media giant rupert murdoch decides to stop the presses on his u.k. based tabloid news of the world to talk about the scandal overseas that could bring down rocks media empire all around the planet. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think on the eve of one well. we have the government says for the keeping safe get ready because you get your freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you sure see some other part of it and realized everything you saw you don't i'm sorry. for. the. good news breaking out of the u.k. rupert murdoch's media empire is crumbling face who growing public outrage towards the british tabloid newspaper news of the world rupert murdoch officially announced today he's shutting the paper down next week journalists and editors of the paper are involved in a highly public scandal and are accused of acting in a phones belonging to a teenage murder victim as well as victims of the london terror attacks and even british soldiers w
coming up media giant rupert murdoch decides to stop the presses on his u.k. based tabloid news of the world to talk about the scandal overseas that could bring down rocks media empire all around the planet. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think on the eve of one well. we have the government says for the keeping safe get ready because you get your freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else...
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murdoch makes no secret of the use of his numbs for his political affiliation. for many years from 19 the 7 onward he backed the labor party, especially under tony wlar and a couple of years ago he switched and he put the force of his paces behind the conservative party. but then british newspapers are more partisan than american newspapers. this is more common. but yes, it is quite -- murdoch is a powerful figure in british politics because of that. however, as a result of this, i think he is a damaged figure and he will probably be less powerful as a result. >> so he is trying to acquire the parts of a major satellite network, bskyb that he doesn't already own. that has to be reviewed by the british government. is that acquisition in trouble now? >> it certainly is. shares in bskyb dropped i think more than 10% this week over concerns that that deal might be delayed and in fact may not happen. there was an open comment period where everyone was going to have a chance to comment on the upcoming deal and that was supposed to end on friday. given the revelations
murdoch makes no secret of the use of his numbs for his political affiliation. for many years from 19 the 7 onward he backed the labor party, especially under tony wlar and a couple of years ago he switched and he put the force of his paces behind the conservative party. but then british newspapers are more partisan than american newspapers. this is more common. but yes, it is quite -- murdoch is a powerful figure in british politics because of that. however, as a result of this, i think he is...
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for good at britain's biggest selling newspaper mired in a phone hacking scandal media mogul rupert murdoch has pulled the plug with police investigating the tabloid for snooping on the mobile of murder victims and the families of dead soldiers and people killed in terrorism attacks. politicians loudly condemn what rating agency moody's decision to downgrade portugal's debt to junk status threaten possible retaliation send shock waves through financial markets and triggered worries that portugal could follow greece down the path of a possible default. in georgia for high profile photographers have been arrested on suspicion of espionage just days after nine people were sentenced to lengthy jail terms for spying position has attacked president saakashvili as we've seen for targeting mass media saying he's whipping up russian hysteria. in greetings from the outskirts of the center of moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us let's get right to those top stories billionaire media mogul rupert murdoch is pulling the plug on britain's the biggest selling newspaper the news of the wo
for good at britain's biggest selling newspaper mired in a phone hacking scandal media mogul rupert murdoch has pulled the plug with police investigating the tabloid for snooping on the mobile of murder victims and the families of dead soldiers and people killed in terrorism attacks. politicians loudly condemn what rating agency moody's decision to downgrade portugal's debt to junk status threaten possible retaliation send shock waves through financial markets and triggered worries that...
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that the scandal is likely to sound the death knell of a politician's closing up to murdoch's newspapers it sends the world or the emperor still civilized. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been only needs to go to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper if you were in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime ministership you know they won it and then you'd find in the next day you'd find that prime minister reading the sun looking like an idiot saying well the sun got me elected i mean so you've got this meaning of british democracy is that missing of democracy really which the murdoch press with the back part of but i think there was a for silence as well because important people needed the murdoch press and they couldn't be they couldn't attack it because of that and i think a line was crossed rupert murdoch has a very finely tuned business brain he has a lot of things going on now one of them is to purchase the largest satellite network in britain called th
that the scandal is likely to sound the death knell of a politician's closing up to murdoch's newspapers it sends the world or the emperor still civilized. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been only needs to go to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper if you were in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime ministership you know they won it and then you'd find in...
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>> why would murdoch be so quick to let this newspaper fold? >> well, my reporting suggests that he had become such a liability that he may be trying to protect some of his top executives, for example, rebecca brooks, chief executive of murdoch's news international based in london. she had been editor of "news of the world" during some of the crucial years when the phone hacking took place. and i think this was a form of damage control, a desperate move, to be sure by murdoch to say the paper's so tarnished and the focus of so much outrage in britain over the targeting of people who are terror victims, and not just celebrities why, not get rid of it? the last point, and that is murdoch is trying very hard to salvage a major media deal he wants to do in britain, taking over british sky broadcasting a $12 million deal and wants to this to go away. >> he feels like he stands a good chance of that $12 billion acquisition of sky broadcasting by letting this controversial paper go? >> yeah, which unfortunately will cost the jobs of 200 employees at "
>> why would murdoch be so quick to let this newspaper fold? >> well, my reporting suggests that he had become such a liability that he may be trying to protect some of his top executives, for example, rebecca brooks, chief executive of murdoch's news international based in london. she had been editor of "news of the world" during some of the crucial years when the phone hacking took place. and i think this was a form of damage control, a desperate move, to be sure by...
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elected i mean you've got this meaning of british democracy it initiates democracy really which the murdoch press was at the heart of but i think there was a fourth silence as well because important people needed the murdoch press and they couldn't be they couldn't attack it because of that and i think a line was crossed. a very finely tuned business brain he has a lot of things going on now one of them is to purchase the largest satellite network in britain called b. sky b. and that decision is about to be approved by the government that was in jeopardy i think he felt that as a businessman he had to sacrifice the news of the world because it in terms of the whole news international it's a tiny part of or back but i tell you the most important thing bill in my view is that the political class had been sucking up to rupert murdoch for so many years including prime minister david cameron he now has to stand back and say no i can't do it anymore it's going to be bad. stay with us here on r t still ahead the latest in our russia close up series we report in a siberian doctor's invention that s
elected i mean you've got this meaning of british democracy it initiates democracy really which the murdoch press was at the heart of but i think there was a fourth silence as well because important people needed the murdoch press and they couldn't be they couldn't attack it because of that and i think a line was crossed. a very finely tuned business brain he has a lot of things going on now one of them is to purchase the largest satellite network in britain called b. sky b. and that decision...
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and all the controversy swirling around rupert rupert murdoch and news corp over the news of the world scandal in which there have now been several arrests in britain cleaning out a former communications chief for prime minister david cameron the discussed at the scale of today's media conglomerates is alive and well many see the undue influence wielded by rupert murdoch in turn to government pleading please don't let corporations get too big give us more regulations usually in a voice kind of like that well the media consolidation is a direct product of our current system corporatism including burdensome regulations which inevitably support consolidation see regular lesions mean overhead costs for businesses which govern impose overhead costs the relative burden on small businesses is much greater and they are at a competitive disadvantage to large companies or those that conglomerate have an advantage in a highly regulated environment over those who don't so small local newspaper in a sense operates more efficiently as part of a large multinational corporation where they can keep all
and all the controversy swirling around rupert rupert murdoch and news corp over the news of the world scandal in which there have now been several arrests in britain cleaning out a former communications chief for prime minister david cameron the discussed at the scale of today's media conglomerates is alive and well many see the undue influence wielded by rupert murdoch in turn to government pleading please don't let corporations get too big give us more regulations usually in a voice kind of...
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other than i'm really angry. >> reporter: this scandal reaches beyond the murdoch empire. this week it was revealed that london police were selling the paper scoops in exchange for bribes. there are even allegations that the prime minister, a close friend of murdoch, turned a blind eye even though he knew what was going on. there is now an enormous criminal investigation under way. it includes dozens of police investigators. up next, watch for an avalanche of arrests, including police reporters and editors. the first arrerests could come soon as friday, involving the former editor of "the news of the world." jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >>> and here at home, a gunman opened fire in two michigan homes, killing seven people before leading police on a high-speed chase through downtown grand rapids. an all-day man hunt ended when the sususpect, rodrick dantzler killed himself with a gunshot to the head. he had holed up in a home, taking two hostages. they were released later unharmed. witnesses described the chaos of the scene. >> you could see the police car spin around.
other than i'm really angry. >> reporter: this scandal reaches beyond the murdoch empire. this week it was revealed that london police were selling the paper scoops in exchange for bribes. there are even allegations that the prime minister, a close friend of murdoch, turned a blind eye even though he knew what was going on. there is now an enormous criminal investigation under way. it includes dozens of police investigators. up next, watch for an avalanche of arrests, including police...
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on rupert murdoch, he is all over the newspapers. "the financial times" this morning has this front-page photograph from the media conference. the move to cauterize u.k. hacking affair. this is what other headlines look like. besides this, and has a chart that connects the players, including the conservative party prime minister of britain who had hired one of the former editors of the news of the world as his communications chief, has since departed the post. he has the dots connect it with who is connected to home. "globe and mail" in canada, hacking scandal kills u.k. tabloid. from great britain, "the guardian," which has been very much involved in this scandal and reporting on it. the scandal that close the "news of the world." this woman right here, news international chief executive -- to quit. coulson to be arrested today -- the person i mentioned, who had been the newspaper editor, formally, and that of david cameron, prime minister director of communication. a lot going on in great britain with ramifications globally because
on rupert murdoch, he is all over the newspapers. "the financial times" this morning has this front-page photograph from the media conference. the move to cauterize u.k. hacking affair. this is what other headlines look like. besides this, and has a chart that connects the players, including the conservative party prime minister of britain who had hired one of the former editors of the news of the world as his communications chief, has since departed the post. he has the dots connect...
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rupert murdoch's "news of the world" is shutting down amid claims it hacked into the voice mails of various people including celebrities, politicians, and terror victims. >>> and san francisco police have arrested a suspect who was caught on surveillance video moments after they say he stole a pablo picasso sketch from an art galley. they say the new jersey man walked into the gallery, just took the sketch off the wall and walked out. and how much is it worth? anderson, the picasso piece is valued at around $200,000. >> wow. that's amazing, just walked in and took it. >>> coming up, did they get any closer to a deficit reduction plan? >>> also, willie nelson's pot case takes an unexpected turn landing the judge on the ridiculous. another good thing about geico is, they've got, like, real live people working there 24/7. so like say you need to report a claim, alright. a real person will be there to help you. then you can use geico.com to view photos of the damage, track your claim, print an estimate. you want an english muffin? they literally hand you a toasted muffin with butter and jam. (s
rupert murdoch's "news of the world" is shutting down amid claims it hacked into the voice mails of various people including celebrities, politicians, and terror victims. >>> and san francisco police have arrested a suspect who was caught on surveillance video moments after they say he stole a pablo picasso sketch from an art galley. they say the new jersey man walked into the gallery, just took the sketch off the wall and walked out. and how much is it worth? anderson, the...
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did rupert murdoch's news international announced today that its shutting down the british tabloid "new of the world." the newspaper is accused of hacking into the cell phone messages of british politicians, crime victims, and families of service personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan. if before the newspaper announced it was closing, members of the british house of commons held an emergency debate on wednesday to discuss whether a full public inquiry was needed to look into the phone hacking. you're the first hour of that debate with remarks by the british attorney general and the labor spokesman for home affairs. >> we come to the emergency debate on phone hacking at the news o >> the housethe house will obsen the light of interest, i have imposed a seven minute limit on the back bench contributions. it'll take effect after the contributions. it'll depend on early contributions. to open the debate, i call mr. bryan's. in were hacked by the news of the world. >> one family member spoke today. another has been in touch with me and several others. the police are looking at not dust wir
did rupert murdoch's news international announced today that its shutting down the british tabloid "new of the world." the newspaper is accused of hacking into the cell phone messages of british politicians, crime victims, and families of service personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan. if before the newspaper announced it was closing, members of the british house of commons held an emergency debate on wednesday to discuss whether a full public inquiry was needed to look into the...
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rupert murdoch's "news of the world" is shutting down amid claims it hacked into the voice mails of of of various people including celebrities, politicians and terror victims. and san francisco police have arrested a suspect who was caught on surveillance video moments after they say he stole a pablo picasso sketch from an art gallery. they say the new jersey man walked into the gallery, just took the sketch off the wall and walked out. and how much is it worth? anderson? the picasso piece is valued at around $200,000. >> wow. that's amazing. just walked in and took it. crazy. still ahead, raw politics. did today's white house meeting move democrats and republicans any closer to a deficit reductions deal or are they bluffing about the lines in the stand they've drawn? we'll have the latest ahead. also willie nelson's texas pot case takes an unexpected turn, landing the judge on ridiculist. [ male announcer ] introducing the ultimate business phone -- t the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it l
rupert murdoch's "news of the world" is shutting down amid claims it hacked into the voice mails of of of various people including celebrities, politicians and terror victims. and san francisco police have arrested a suspect who was caught on surveillance video moments after they say he stole a pablo picasso sketch from an art gallery. they say the new jersey man walked into the gallery, just took the sketch off the wall and walked out. and how much is it worth? anderson? the picasso...
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rupert murdoch becomes their new owner, and the "news of the world" is murdoch's first fleet street folly. for the years that followed the newspaper built a reputation on hard-hitting exclusives. hugely exposing the embarrassments of politicians. prince harry, age 16, was one of the many to be exposed. and then there was david beckham who was exposed as an adulter when he was uncovered with the secret affair with his personal assistant. in 2005, the paper published a mundane story about prince william injuring his knee, and it was another exclusive for the "news of the world" making the reputation of getting the scoop. royal officials realized that the story only could have been sourced by the illegal interception of prince william's mobile phone voice mail, and right there began the chain of events, allegations and scandal that enveloped members of the royal family, celebrities, politicians and now murder and bomb victims. richard quest, cnn, london. >>> all right. coming up the crews aboard "atlantis" anxious to get going, but the last shuttle launch ever still not a sure thing. the spe
rupert murdoch becomes their new owner, and the "news of the world" is murdoch's first fleet street folly. for the years that followed the newspaper built a reputation on hard-hitting exclusives. hugely exposing the embarrassments of politicians. prince harry, age 16, was one of the many to be exposed. and then there was david beckham who was exposed as an adulter when he was uncovered with the secret affair with his personal assistant. in 2005, the paper published a mundane story...
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murdoch is killing off britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world it's been widely scoundrelly the tabloids let's throw in the mood of victims include soldiers around us. and israel is bracing itself for hundreds of proof protestant activists ranting at the country's main airport their action follows the blocking of ships from the grounds that a foot. after decades of wars and bloodshed southern sudan is preparing to break free and go to the moon. guests discuss now where it's already at risk of failure before it flies its first flag of independence and crosstalk. live. in. a low and welcome to cross talk i'm here all about after decades of conflict in war south sudan is said to become an independent state on july ninth as the world intice a paid for this event and there are lingering questions surrounding the buy ability of this new oil rich country as south sudan failed even before it established. the can. still live. to cross talk the future of south sudan i'm joined by my guests in washington jonathan kevin he is the director of the sudan program at the united states instit
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and the fact that he is not working here, he resigned all over again. >> can i take you back to james murdoch if he affectively misled parliament, if they approved payments to ask people to stay silent about criminal activities, would you like the police to interview him? what would he have to do for you to feel that he is a fit and proper person to run a media organization. it is bad if the primary -- >> ifis a dangeourous world the prime minister is using who is running -- and i have also made very clear the statement made yesterday, it leaves all sorts of questions to be answered. the questions about the police inquiry, why it didn't work the first time around, questions about what the public inquiry is going to look at. questions about how we reform media regulations. and questions politicians asked among themselves. that is my responsibility, what i will do to the best of my ability. that is what i am determined to do. the police must feel that they can go where they need and they should not do it feeling like they're going to be directed away from an individual or towards an individual.
and the fact that he is not working here, he resigned all over again. >> can i take you back to james murdoch if he affectively misled parliament, if they approved payments to ask people to stay silent about criminal activities, would you like the police to interview him? what would he have to do for you to feel that he is a fit and proper person to run a media organization. it is bad if the primary -- >> ifis a dangeourous world the prime minister is using who is running -- and i...
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at least berlusconi lives in italy, but murdoch is not resident in this country. he does not pay tax here and has never appeared before the select committee of this house. no other organization would allow one man in monopoly on sports rates, for newspapers, and most movies. america, the home of the aggressive entrepreneur, does not allow it. we should not. i should to say about the proposed takeover of sky that it should be put on ice while the police investigation is ongoing. the executive and non-executive directors have failed to tackle criminality in the country, and it should be in doubt whether some of these are fit and proper people to run a media company. there are many other questions. who is paying? is it news international? what did rebecca weighed -- wade and others know, and when did they know it? why has so much material suddenly appeared in the news international archive? i do not want to get very partisan, but i think there is one question that does remain. did the prime minister ever ask what really went on at news of the world before he appointe
at least berlusconi lives in italy, but murdoch is not resident in this country. he does not pay tax here and has never appeared before the select committee of this house. no other organization would allow one man in monopoly on sports rates, for newspapers, and most movies. america, the home of the aggressive entrepreneur, does not allow it. we should not. i should to say about the proposed takeover of sky that it should be put on ice while the police investigation is ongoing. the executive...